Nostalgia of the Body, Firstsite Gallery , Colchester UK 2005

Nostalgia of the Body presents new work by Maria Ezcurra, Carla Guagliardi and Priscilla Monge. The exhibition was conceived as an homage to the subtle, but undeniable, influence of the ideas of leading Brazilian artist Lygia Clark (1920-1988) in the work of many contemporary artists from Latin America. Clark developed a unique practice centred on providing opportunities for participation of the individual in the work of art, downgrading the status of art objects and privileging experience; all still paramount concerns of current art practice.